So this is kind of off-topic for this blog but I had to tell you that I’ve been added to the illustrious blogger list of THE Huffington Post. (I know! It’s like I’m a REAL blogger now!! No, I’m not getting paid. I’m in it for the FAME baby! All the fame that one tiny …
No? Wuss. These mice are genetically engineered with firefly juice to have livers that glow when CRTC2, also known as the fasting switch, is turned on. It all gets very techy but here’s what you need to know: Our bodies run on fat & sugar (glucose). When we eat, we have a rise in our …
And I’m not talking about on the dance floor. Well except for Middle School. But nobody counts Middle School, right? No, I am a biological freak. Specifically, my left foot is a size 8.5 and my right is a 7.5. That’s right – a whole size different. It’s a miracle I can walk without toppling …
California exports health & fitness advice like China exports lead-covered baby toys. And, most of the time, said advice is generalizable to the public at large. However, I sometimes think that all the personal trainers and health gurus forget that many of us don’t live in the land of eternal sunshine (A.K.A. the place where …
It’s not good to obsess about your weight. We all know that. We all also know that we live in a weight-obsessed culture where being fat is wrongly equated with being lazy, stupid, lacking self control, and even dishonesty. Where fat people are villified, skinny celebs can do no wrong despite being caught on camera …
Politics? Religion? All the corrections on Michael Jackson’s Wiki page?? Whatevs. Here is what I think you need to know today: CrossFit Helps I am constantly amazed at the wealth of knowledge and level of helpfulness out there on the Internet and you guys, my readers, blew me away this time! You have to check …
Rachel commented on my latest experiment “I looked into doing Crossfit but I have to admit I was intimidated! it really is as Charlotte says: you ahve to know what you’re doing, no kidding around. And they don’t give lighter options, so in case you can’t bench press 200 right now, you have to sort …
2 cups old fashioned oats1 cup crisp rice cereal1/2 cup flax seed1 cup raw sunflower seeds1/2 cup dried cranberries &/or cherries1 cup unsalted roasted almonds1/4 cup toasted pumpkin seeds3/4 cup raw honey1/2 cup brown sugar1/2 tsp salt2 Tbl. butter1 tsp vanilla1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds Mix grains, fruits, seeds, and nuts in large bowl.Stir together …
You may recall that back during the Monkey Bar Gym experiment, Reader Andrew challenged me to try CrossFit. I believe his exact words were “Your average CrossFit-er could run circles around your average Monkey Bar Gym-er.” I love a challenge:) What Is Crossfit? Basically CrossFit (every time I type that it just looks weirder) is …
Surprising no one, research out of the University of Georgia confirms what long-time exercisers have always known: exercise gives you more energy. Now, before you yawn & roll off to randomly google your exes (you know, just in case karma really does work), there were a couple of really interesting new findings in this study. …
